The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

to gamble → to risk 2 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

NEW Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Ancient Greek
lexeme		κῠβεύω
meaning 1	to play dice
direction	→
meaning 2	to risk, to set on stake	κ. καὶ κινδυνεύειν περὶ τοῖς φιλτάτοις; κ. τὸν πρὸς Ἀργείους Ἄρην; τὸ κυβευθὲν πνεῦμα to put at risk the most precious things, to dare to fight the Argo people, life out at stake
reference
comment		from κύβος 'dice'

NEW Realization 2
type		Derivation
language		Hungarian
lexeme 1		kockáz(ik)
lexeme 2		kockáztat
meaning 1	to gamble	Szíriai kereskedőkkel kockázott, s a perdülő kockán elúszott Szindbád vagyonkája. (Krúdy Gyula) He gambled with Syrian merchants, and Sindbád's fortune was lost on the spinning stake. (Gyula Krúdy)
direction	→
meaning 2	to risk	Állását, életét, becsületét kockáztatja. Nagy összegeket kockáztat. He risks his job, his life, his honor. He risks large sums of money.
reference		MEK 1978
comment		The verb kockáztat is derived using the suffix -tat- with causative meaning.